The truth about generations: Why millennials aren’t special snowflakes

We increasingly form opinions about people based on the generation they belong to, but these labels are often lacking in science

Millennials are said to be obsessed with self image and social media

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By Amelia Tait

PEOPLE born between the mid-80s and early 2000s have been called many things: Generation Y, the Net Generation and, more usually, millennials. Now, a new name is growing in popularity: the Burnout Generation.

The argument, laid out in a viral BuzzFeed article last month, is that growing up, millennials were unduly affected by the financial crisis of the late 2000s and pressured by a new wave of intensive parenting. As a result, they are uniquely overambitious, overworked and overwhelmed.